National Pan-Hellenic Council hosts annual Yard Show on the South Oval

Historically founded Black fraternities and sororities gathered together Friday in the South Oval to deliver performances rooted in tradition and culture.   The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Yard Show featured seven of the nine Black Greek life organizations meant to bring the community together and show what the groups can do, said Jeremiah Ratcliff, president of […]

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2024 National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show takes center stage at Mershon Auditorium Saturday

      The National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show took place Saturday at Mershon Auditorium, showcasing the routines, costumes and siblinghood of Ohio State’s historically Black Greek life organizations.  Stepping is a type of performance dance that gives individuals freedom to incorporate rhythm, movement, precision and history into their routine, said Eddie Labid, assistant director […]

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"Harris is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, both immigrants to the US. As an undergraduate, Harris attended #HowardUniversity, one of the nation’s most prominent historically Black colleges and universities, where she also pledged the historically Black sorority #AlphaKappaAlpha. As a US senator, #KamalaHarris was a member of the #CongressionalBlackCaucus, supporting her colleagues’ legislation to strengthen voting rights and reforming policing"
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Election 2024: Trump falsely suggests Harris misled voters about her race

Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared Wednesday before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past only promoted her Indian heritage. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said while addressing the group's annual convention.

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Black sorority, fraternity members rally around Kamala Harris’ presidential bid

"I can guarantee that the Divine Nine in their individual capacities are about to go all out to make sure that Kamala Harris becomes the next President of the United States." 

Houston Public Media
Harris to attend funeral of longtime friend and sorority sister Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

Vice President Kamala Harris will fly to Houston, Texas on Thursday to attend funeral services for longtime Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

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We have a problem talking about Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris has been covered inaccurately by media and others who don’t know the intricacies of her cultures. They’d better learn.

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started a #Wikipedia article on Los Angeles social worker, lawyer, clubwoman, Audrey Boswell Jones (1909-2001): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Boswell_Jones @wikiwomeninred @wikipedia_la #BlackHistoryMonth #AlphaKappaAlpha #TennesseeState #USC #SouthwesternU
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started a #wikipedia article on Chicago school board member (1968-1980), & exec director of #AlphaKappaAlpha (1949-1974), Carey B. Maddox-Preston (1915-2000): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_B._Maddox-Preston #UrbanLeague #AKA #TougalooCollege #BlackHistoryMonth
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started a #wikipedia article on US educator Dr. Gladys Tignor Peterson (1898-1985): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Tignor_Peterson teacher, principal, admin in the DC public school for over 40 years before she retired in 1962
#HowardLawAlumni#BlackHistoryMonth #blackhistorymonth2023 #AlphaKappaAlpha #EpsilonSigmaIota
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